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THE  POWER  OF  EDUCATIONAL  EVANGELISM 
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BOSTON 

PRESS  OF  SAMUEL  USHER 
171  Devonshire  Street 


ANATOLIA  COLLEGE,  MARSOVAN  STATION. 


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THE  POWER  OF  EDUCATIONAL  EVANGELISM, 
AS  ILLUSTRATED  IN  ANATOLIA 


BY 

Rev.  Charles  C.  Tracy,  D.D. 

Of  Anatolia  College 


BOSTON 

PRESS  OF  SAMUEL  USHER 
171  Devonshire  Street 
1898 


THE  GOSPEL  AND  THE  COLLEGE. 


As  in  temporal,  so  in  spiritual  warfare,  there  are 
strategic  positions  to  be  gained  and  held.  As  strategic 
ground  for  carrying  on  the  conquests  of  Evangelical 
Christianity  among  the  nations,  none  is  more  notably 
important  than  that  of  Higher  Education.  If  higher 
education,  in  any  land,  is  imbued  with  spirituality,  the 
people  of  the  land  will  naturally  come  under  the  same 
influence.  If  it  is  irreligious,  who  can  wonder  if  the 
people  lapse  into  irreligion  ? 

In  most  lands  where  missionaries  labor,  the  field  is  left 
open  to  them,  as  concerns  the  use  of  this  instrumentality. 
Educated  men  and  women  from  Europe  or  America  can 
easily  conduct  schools  which,  in  broad  and  enlightened 
culture,  surpass  the  other  schools  in  the  countries  where 
they  labor  ;  at  the  same  time  they  hold  up  Christ  the 
Lord  as  the  Divine  Saviour  and  the  perfect  man,  the 
model  to  which  culture  must  aspire.  These  schools  draw 
in  the  brightest  minds,  and  the  missionary  finds  himself 
at  the  center  of  influence.  He  sees  at  hand  the  richest 
soil  in  which  to  sow  the  seed  of  truth. 

The  opportunity  for  powerful  influence  through  educa¬ 
tional  institutions  is  strikingly  illustrated  at  Marsovan, 
in  Asia  Minor.  A  story  briefly  told  will  make  this  evi¬ 
dent.  Schools  and  evangelism  have  grown  together  from 
the  first.  During  the  progress  of  that  growth,  some 
years  ago  it  became  manifest  that  education  must  enter 
on  a  broader  field.  Adequate  supply  of  Christian 
laborers  required  this.  The  control,  in  the  interest  of 
the  Kingdom  of  Heaven,  of  leading  minds  in  communi¬ 
ties  required  it.  As  the  demand  for  such  an  institution 
was  rising  in  the  minds  of  the  people,  in  obedience  to  it 


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we  began  a  high  school,  and  it  grew.  The  original  four 
students  soon  became  forty,  and  then  three  times  forty. 
After  a  few'  years  the  school  was  recognized  as  a  college. 
There  are  now  two  hundred  and  twelve  students  in  the 
collegiate  and  preparatory  departments.  The  people  pay 
willingly  for  the  privilege  of  having  their  children  trained 
here. 

We  did  not  at  first  realize  the  extent  of  the  field  of 
which  this  vras  to  be  the  educational  center.  It  draws 
its  students  from  an  area  of  near  one  hundred  thousand 
square  miles,  and  is  the  only  school  of  such  a  grade  and 
character  in  this  whole  field.  What  does  this  mean?  A 
territory  nearly  half  the  size  of  the  German  Empire,  as 
large  as  Great  Britain,  nearly  half  as  large  as  France  or 
Austria,  almost  twice  as  large  as  all  the  New  England 
States  together,  fairly  well  populated,  in  which  wide  terri¬ 
tory  Anatolia  College  is  the  one  institution  of  learning 
of  a  high  grade. 

With  such  a  field  of  influence,  not  the  educational 
only,  but  the  moral  and  religious  character  of  the  College 
becomes  a  matter  of  great  moment.  In  that  regard  we 
are  privileged  to  give  a  cheering  testimony.  The  insti¬ 
tution  was  born  in  an  evangelical  atmosphere,  and  in  that 
atmosphere  it  has  lived  and  grown.  From  the  begin¬ 
ning,  instruction  and  guidance  have  kept  in  view,  not 
the  intellect  and  the  present  life  alone,  but  the  whole 
immortal  man.  The  student  has  been  looked  upon,  not 
simply  as  a  man  and  a  factor  in  the  present  world  and 
course  of  things,  but  as  an  actual  or  possible  child  of 
God.  Results  have  largely  corresponded  with  hopes  and 
efforts.  Growth  and  expansion  have  been  marked  both 
in  intellectual  and  spiritual  life.  The  power  of  the 
Divine  Spirit  has  often  been  manifest.  Many  souls  have 
come  to  the  feet  of  the  greatest  of  masters  and  yielded 
themselves  to  his  service.  The  demand  made  upon  the 


student’s  intellectual  powers  is  as  lieavv  as  he  can  bear, 
but  at  the  same  time  the  Book  of  books  is  brought  with 
its  mighty  truth  to  the  attention  of  every  class,  every 
da}7,  in  a  brief  but  pointed  Bible  lesson.  Each  class  in 
this  daily  morning  Scripture  lesson  of  twenty  minutes 
receives,  during  the  course,  instruction  in  the  history, 
doctrine,  and  precepts  of  the  whole  book  of  Divine 
Revelation.  There  are  daily  prayers,  regular  Sunday 
services,  Sunday-school  and  weekly  prayer-meetings  in 
the  College.  More  than  half  the  graduates  thus  far  are 
engaged  in  direct  Christian  labor,  the  same  being  true  of 
many  who  did  not  remain  to  complete  the  college  course. 
Some  of  the  alumni  are  in  high  positions  as  professors 
and  as  head  teachers  in  high  schools.  Some  have 
entered  upon  medical  or  other  studies,  and  won  high 
honors  in  first-class  institutions  of  the  Western  world. 
A  large  number  of  the  students  have  united  with  the 
Evangelical  Church.  The  number  of  those  who  have  gone 
forth,  after  a  complete  course  of  study,  without  personal 
consecration  to  Christ,  is  believed  to  be  small. 

The  members  of  the  Faculty  and  the  assistant  instruct¬ 
ors  are,  without  exception,  pronounced  Christian  men. 
Among  American  colleges,  Princeton,  Williams,  Iowa, 
Oberlin,  Carleton  are  represented  in  our  corps  of  instruct¬ 
ors.  Of  teachers  not  American,  all  are  college  gradu¬ 
ates,  one  having  had  four  years  of  post-graduate  study 
in  Heidelberg  and  Berlin,  in  preparation  for  the  depart¬ 
ment  of  Natural  Science.  Another  had  a  like  course  in 
an  excellent  American  institution,  with  constant  work  in 
a  fine  observatory,  in  preparation  for  the  chair  of  mathe¬ 
matics  and  astronomy,  receiving  from  that  institution  the 
title  Doctor  of  Philosophy.  A  third  spent  three  years 
in  post-graduate  study  at  Athens,  Greece,  to  become  yet 
more  thoroughly  equipped  for  work  in  the  teaching  of 
Greek,  his  native  language.  A  fourth  took  four  years  of 


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special  study  in  New  College,  Edinburgh,  in  preparation 
for  theological  and  scientific  instruction.  A  fifth  had 
two  years  of  post-graduate  study  of  Turkish  Language 
and  Law  at  Constantinople.  For  the  department  of 
French  Language  and  Literature  we  are  so  fortunate  as 
to  have  secured  an  excellent  Swiss  Evangelical  pastor, 
born  to  the  use  of  the  French  tongue  and  inspired  with 
love  for  the  missionary  work.  These  are  all  men  of 
breadth  and  brain  as  well  as  piety. 

The  language  of  the  College  is  English.  As  concerns 
other  languages,  there  is  a  thorough  course  in  Armenian 
for  Armenians,  in  Greek  for  Greeks,  in  Turkish  for  all, 
as  also  in  French.  There  are  courses  in  Mathematics, 
in  Natural  Science,  in  Philosophy,  in  Rhetoric,  in  His¬ 
tory,  in  Economics,  in  Moral  Science,  in  International 
Law.  [For  full  information,  see  the  Report  and  Cata¬ 
logue  for  1897,  to  be  had  of  Mr.  Swett  at  the  rooms  of  the 
American  Board,  Congregational  House,  Boston.]  Our 
aim  is,  not  so  much  to  follow  stereotyped  methods  and 
courses,  as  education  best  adapted  to  the  age  and  coun¬ 
try.  The  principles  of  the  institution  are  those  approved 
after  long  trial,  but  the  vital  questions  of  our  own  day 
are  constantly  canvassed. 

Discipline  in  the  College  is  somewhat  severe.  Narcot¬ 
ics  and  intoxicating  drinks  are  absolutely  forbidden. 
Any  sort  of  vice,  or  even  indulgence  in  vile  language, 
constitutes  sufficient  reason  for  expulsion.  The  conse¬ 
quence  is,  that  the  institution  has  a  widespread  reputa¬ 
tion  for  moral  purity.  It  is  a  joy  to  note  how  highly  this 
is  valued,  how  many  wish  to  send  their  sons  here  on  that 
account. 

There  are  several  departments  under  the  management 
of  the  College,  of  which  brief  mention  may  be  made. 

The  Home  for  Younger  Preparatories  accommodates 
fifty  boys.  It  has  separate  quarters  and  monitors  under 


GIRLS’  BOARDING  SCHOOL. 


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the  care  of  a  missionary  lady  as  matron.  This  arrange¬ 
ment  is  so  highly  appreciated  by  the  people  that  when 
we  enlarge  the  accommodations  every  place  is  imme¬ 
diately  taken.  Applications  are  made  nearly  a  year  in 
advance.  Recitations  are  carried  on  in  the  College  class¬ 
rooms,  but  the  boys  have  dining,  dormitory,  and  evening 
study  rooms  in  their  own  quarters. 

The  Self-help  Department  includes  shops  where  fur-  . 
niture  is  manufactured,  a  bookbindery,  and  an  arrange¬ 
ment  for  the  care  of  rooms,  lights,  fires,  bells,  and  other 
work.  The  students  are  paid  by  the  hour  for  their  work, 
and  according  to  its  excellence.  Sixty  young  men  in  this 
way  earn  the  means  to  pay  a  part  of  the  expense  of 
education. 

The  Medical  Work  of  the  station  has  strong  con¬ 
nection  with  the  College.1  This  is  newly  organized  and 
bids  fair  to  be  very  important.  A  first-class-  physician, 
Dr.  Carrington,  of  Philadelphia,  is  in  charge.  In  College 
he  will  give  instruction  in  physiology  and  hygiene.  He 
has  a  dispensary  and  a  hospital  capable  of  accommo¬ 
dating  fifteen  patients.  He  attends  to  patients  at  his 
office  four  days  in  the  week,  and  outdoor  patients  as  far 
as  practicable,  though  his  office  work  is  so  overwhelming 
that  little  time  or  strength  is  left  for  broader  operations. 
There  seems  to  be  no  limit  to  the  growth  of  this  work 
but  the  limit  of  human  strength.  We  hope  to  train 
nurses  in  the  hospital. 


THE  GIRLS’  BOARDING  SCHOOL. 


Though  we  have  not,  and  do  not  propose  to  have,  co¬ 
education,  in  the  ordinary  understanding  of  the  term, 
nor  identical  courses  of  study  at  present  through  the 
1  See  the  accompanying  Medical  Report. 


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corps  of  college  instructors  and  in  other  ways,  there  is  a 
very  strong  connection  between  the  two  institutions. 
Many  literary  and  other  privileges  are  open  to  the  stu¬ 
dents  in  both  alike,  and  the  general  management  has 
much  in  common.  This  connection  is  likely  to  become 
still  stronger.  The  main  buildings  of  the  two  schools 
are  scarcely  fifteen  rods  apart.  The  same  emphasis  is 
given  to  the  education  of  women  as  to  that  of  men.  This 
Boarding  School  for  girls  has  existed  for  thirty-five  years 
and  accomplished  a  very  great  work.  It  was  organized 
by  Miss  A.  E.  Fritcher,  with  about  twenty-five  girls, 
and  was  at  that  time  the  only  such  school  in  the 
Western  Turkey  Mission,  then  including  European  Tur¬ 
key.  In  those  days  female  education  was  pioneer  work, 
and,  among  the  people,  was  held  up  to  ridicule  as  a  silly 
innovation.  Great  is  the  change  in  public  sentiment. 
Several  boarding  schools  and  a  College  for  Girls  at  Con¬ 
stantinople  have  come  into  being  within  the  territory 
which  in  1864  could  hardly  furnish  pupils  for  one  small 
institution. 

The  Marsovan  Girls’  School  has  again  and  again  out¬ 
grown  its  accommodations.  At  last  it  has  a  fine  building 

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of  wood  and  brick  capable  of  housing  from  eighty  to  a 
hundred  boarders  and  fifty  day  scholars.  There  are  at 
present  140  pupils,  of  whom  seventy-five  are  boarders. 
As  concerns  the  grade  of  education,  decided  and  steady 
advancement  has  been  made ;  so  also  in  efficiency  of 
management.  Mental  training  and  character-building 
constitute  the  aim  and  object  of  the  teachers  during  all 
the  years  of  each  pupil’s  course.  The  excellent  influence 
of  the  educated  women  who  have  enjoyed  the  advantages 
of  this  institution  during  past  years  is  one  of  the  most 
marked  things  in  all  this  region.  They  constitute  a  dif¬ 
ferent,  a  cultivated  class  among  their  own  people.  Their 
sons  and  daughters,  coming  to  us  for  education,  manifest 


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the  effects  of  their  mothers’  training.  What  a  difference 
we  see  in  pupils  whose  mothers  have  had  the  blessing  of 
Christian  education  ! 

The  influence  of  vital  Christianity  in  this  school  is 
strong.  Spirituality,  instead  of  losing  its  hold,  seems  to 
be  getting  stronger  hold  with  the  advance  in  numbers 
and  attainments.  The  fact  that  twenty-five  of  the  pupils 
in  the  school  are  members  of  the  Evangelical  Church 
reveals  but  a  part  of  the  truth  in  regard  to  their  spiritual 
state.  Concerning  more  than  half  of  the  whole  number 
their  teachers  have  a  strong  conviction  that  they  have 
passed  from  death  unto  the  life  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 
Eight  of  the  pupils  have  united  with  the  church  during 
the  year  past. 

The  reason  why  there  should  not  be  great  increase  in 
the  attendance  at  this  school  is  the  fact  that  it  is  not 
considered  best  to  take  in  any  more  than  we  have.  At 
present  every  pupil  is  under  direct  personal  influence. 
The  fear  is,  that  with  increased  numbers  this  precious 
power  will  be  lost.  It  is  thought  that  the  totality  of 
influence  over  three  hundred  would  make  a  smaller  aggre¬ 
gate  than  the  personal  influence  over  a  hundred  and  fifty. 

The  number  of  instructors  in  this  school  is  nine, 
exclusive  of  college  professors  and  other  instructors 
who  give  more  or  less  assistance.  As  in  the  College,  all 
the  teachers  in  the  Boarding  School  are  decided  Chris¬ 
tians  in  character  and  in  profession.  On  the  staff  of 
instruction,  Smith,  Carleton,  and  Elmira  Colleges  are 
represented,  as  also  the  institutions  for  girls  at  Smyrna, 
Constantinople,  and  Marsovan.  Three  of  the  teachers 
are  American,  three  Armenian,  and  three  Creek. 

•  ••  ••••• 


In  the  College  the  number  of  students  is  212,  of 
whom  42  are  Creeks,  170  Armenians.  These  students 


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are  from  forty-seven  different  towns  scattered  over  ten 
vilayets  or  provinces.  Among  the  larger  towns  repre¬ 
sented  are  Smyrna,  Constantinople,  Broosa,  Trebizond, 
Angora,  Nicodemia,  Konia  (Iconium),  Castemouni, 
Sivas,  Cesarea,  Tocat,  Amasia,  Samsonn. 

Of  those  attending  at  the  Girls’  School,  111  are  Arme¬ 
nians,  29  are  Greeks.  Most  of  these  are  from  the  three 
vilayets  of  Sivas,  Angora,  and  Trebizond. 


The  difficulties  met  with  in  the  prosecution  of  this 
educational  work  are  often  appalling,  yet  there  seem  to 
be  none  that  cannot  be  overcome.  The  poverty  of  the 
people,  restriction  and  espionage  on  the  part  of  suspi¬ 
cious  officials,  would  seem  sometimes  to  render  the  prose¬ 
cution  of  our  work  impracticable,  and  still  it  prospers 
more  and  more.  We  now  have,  including  both  sexes, 
more  than  350  young  people  under  our  instruction  on 
these  premises;  including  the  150  orphans,  we  have 
over  500.  We  have  but  to  open  our  doors  to  receive 
hundreds  more  —  had  we  the  doors  to  open.  Every 
corner  is  now  crowded.  Dormitories,  recitation  rooms, 
audience  and  dining  rooms  are  all  cramped  and  uncom¬ 
fortable.  Such  crowding  would  not  be  endured  in  insti¬ 
tutions  at  home. 

Few  chairs  are  endowed,  buildings  are  altogether 
insufficient ;  adjoining  grounds  must  be  secured,  if  we 
have  regard  to  the  immediate  future  of  the  schools. 

Does  anv  one  ask  what,  in  addition  to  heaveulv  wis- 
dom  and  eartlilv  common  sense,  is  necessarv,  in  order  to 
establish  our  hold  on  a  territory  nearly  half  as  large  as  the 
German  Empire,  we  answer  laconically, 

Seventy-Five  Thousand  Dollars. 


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THE  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 


For  many  years  a  well-organized  Medical  Department 
has  been  sorely  needed  at  this  center.  All  concerned 
are  now  glad  to  see  the  hope  becoming  a  reality.  The 
importance  of  this  branch  of  work  is  such  as  fully  to 
justify  the  strong  feeling  that  has  existed  in  regard  to  it. 
If  the  Author  of  Christianity  cares  for  the  body  from  the 
beginning  of  His  ministry  to  the  final  resurrection,  surely 
his  apostles  and  missionary  servants  have  not  erred  in 
showing  it  a  like  tender  respect.  Nothing  appeals  more 
strongly  to  human  beings,  especially  the  ignorant,  than 
the  benevolence  which  they  feel  in  their  nerves  —  which 
draws  the  thorn  of  pain,  which  brings  misery  to  an  end, 
which  sets  deranged  organs  to  work  again,  which  brings 
that  sweet  physical  delight  —  the  sense  of  returning 
health.  There  is  no  class  or  nationality  in  all  this  Babel 
mixture  of  peoples  that  does  not  sigh  for  this  alleviation, 
and  bless  the  hand  that  brings  it,  irrespective  of  race  or 
religion.  No  hand  is  more  readily  grasped  than  the 
healing  hand,  no  friend  more  welcome  than  the  physician. 
The  genuine  missionary  doctor,  though  he  lives  a  toil¬ 
some  life,  enjoys  a  grand  opportunity  for  the  exercise  of 
the  best  of  influence.  He,  if  any  man,  carries  about  with 
him  the  gospel  of  “  peace,  good  will  to  men.”  Hence 
the  open  door,  the  boundless  opportunity. 

The  educational  phase  of  medical  work  is  one  of 
special  importance  in  connection  with  Anatolia  College. 
The  sound  instruction  given  in  Physiology  and  Hygiene, 
the  new  ideas  to  be  imparted  to  students,  and  through 
them  to  the  people  far  and  near,  cannot  fail  to  exercise 
a  strong  influence  on  the  whole  generation  rising  with  the 
dawn  of  the  twentieth  century.  With  the  revolutionizing 
influence  of  the  new  science  of  Bacteriology  in  viewr, 
mindful  of  the  fact  that  missionaries  occupy  the  lands 


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whence  issue  such  scourges  as  cholera,  that  desolate 
many  parts  of  the  earth  in  their  progress,  who  can  fail 
to  see  the  importance  of  the  spread  in  those  lands  of 
ideas  which  will  secure  different  hygienic  conditions,  and 
spare  the  world  so  much  of  its  woe? 

During  centuries,  Christian  neglect  of  the  unenlight¬ 
ened  nations  has  again  and  again  brought  calamities  on 
all  Christendom  which  might  have  been  largely  or  wholly 
avoided  if  those  who  profess  the  religion  of  Jesus  had 
been  obedient  to  his  commands,  “  Preach  the  gospel  to 
every  creature;  ”  “Heal  the  sick;  cast  out  the  devils.” 

It  is  proper  here  to  make  known  the  fact  that  the 
Medical  Department,  with  all  this  vast  work  in  view,  has 
no  certain  financial  provision.  Such  provision  is  earnestly 
looked  for;  may  the  hope  not  be  in  vain.  Were  such  a 
department  established  on  the  same  foundations  with 
Anatolia  College,  under  the  same  charter,  enjoying  the 
same  solidity  and  security,  it  would  extend  its  powerful 
influence  over  the  same  great  field,  be  a  blessing  to  all 
the  people  of  that  field,  and  a  right  hand  in  evangeliza¬ 
tion.  Yet,  further,  it  is  capable  of  being  an  important 
contributor  to  medical  science,  for  there  are  phases  of 
disease  in  this  country  for  the  study  of  which  the  Western 
world  scarcely  has  the  opportunity. 

Connected  with  the  medical  branch  there  is  a  small 
hospital,  with  accommodations  for  fifteen  patients.  Three 
or  four  persons  have  had  some  degree  of  training  as 
nurses,  and  the  sick  are  far  better  cared  for  than  they 
could  possibly  be  at  home.  The  peculiar  effect  of  this 
hospital  work  is  specially  interesting.  From  a  multitude 
of  such  things  only  brief  mention  of  a  few  can  be 
made. 

A  little  orphan  boy  was  brought  in  loaded  with  such  a 
complication  of  diseases,  together  with  such  curious  dis¬ 
tortions  of  the  bodily  frame,  that  the  poor  child  seemed 


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a  hopeless  case.  He  has  become  so  far  cured  and  recti¬ 
fied  as  to  be  a  happy  child  in  school  with  the  rest. 

A  gypsy  woman  was  brought  in  with  a  diseased  and 
ruined  eye.  There  was  no  remedy  but  the  removal  of  the 
eye.  She  remained  some  time  in  the  hospital  and  heard 
what  she  had  never  heard  before  —  the  gospel,  the  moral 
law.  She  learned  that  it  is  wrong  to  steal  and  lie.  She 
was  astonished  at  the  new  world  of  ideas  opened  up  to 
her  ignorant  mind.  She  said,  u  I  have  lost  an  eye,  but 
1  have  got  light  inside,”  and  went  away  wondering  at 
what  she  had  heard  and  seen  in  the  hospital ;  doubtless  to 
tell  it  all  to  her  ignorant  and  degraded  people. 

Another  case  —  a  sort  of  deaconess  belonging  to 
another  communion,  full  of  prejudiced  ideas  against  the 
evangelical  faith  —  was  brought  to  the  hospital  in  a  dying 
condition.  The  assiduous  care  of  doctor  and  nurses 
saved  the  poor  woman’s  life,  and  she  was  filled  with 
gratitude.  The  ice  of  prejudice  is  melted  away. 

A  case  past  recovery  was  brought  in  —  a  poor  woman 
in  terror  of  death.  Everything  possible  was  done  for 
the  body,  to  little  purpose  ;  but  as  she  listened  to  the 
story  of  Christ’s  love,  realized  her  share  in  the  blessed 
gospel,  the  fear  of  death  was  entirely  taken  away.  She 
laid  herself  down  to  die  in  peace  upon  the  bosom  of 
divine  love. 

A  consumptive  came  in  ;  she  was  far  gone,  and,  after 
being  treated  some  time,  went  home  to  die,  but  wrote 
back  loving  and  happy  letters.  She  had  found  in  the 
hospital,  through  the  Scripture  readings  and  the  fervent 
prayers  she  had  there  listened  to,  the  peace  that  the 
world  cannot  give.  She  soon  departed  to  be  with 
Christ. 

A  Mohammedan  woman  came  and  suffered  the  ampu¬ 
tation  of  a  foot.  She  was  in  the  hospital  some  weeks 
and  recovered.  During  this  time  she  was  very  full  of 


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gratitude  and  wonder  at  the  kindness  shown.  When  the 
gospel  was  read,  and  prayers  were  offered  in  the  different 
rooms,  she  begged  that  she  might  hear  those  words  and 
that  the  nurses  would  pray  with  her.  It  seemed  very 
sweet  and  beautiful  to  her,  and  she  departed  to  her 
village  full  of  those  changed  feelings. 

More  cannot  be  said  here,  but  the  above  instances 
show  how  effective  this  labor  for  the  sick  is,  not  only  in 
restoring  bodily  health,  but  in  bringing  to  the  ignorant 
the  knowledge,  and  to  the  suffering  the  consolation  of 
the  gospel. 

Most  grateful  acknowledgment  is  here  made  of  the 
devoted  service  rendered  in  this  hospital  work  by  Miss 
Josephine  Taylor,  of  London,  England,  during  the  past 
year,  while  she  herself  was  suffering  through  weary 
weeks  from  physical  pain  and  weakness.  Dr.  Carring¬ 
ton,  on  his  arrival,  found  the  little  hospital  already 
established,  under  Miss  Taylor’s  wise  and  efficient  direc¬ 
tion,  though  suspended  for  a  time  on  account  of  her 
sickness.  Much  good  had  already  been  accomplished 
in  it. 

Dr.  Carrington’s  medical  report  is  herewith  pre¬ 
sented  :  — 

Report  for  the  First  Three  Months  of  the  Medical 
Department  of  Marsovan  Station. 

We  have  a  small  hospital  situated  just  without  the  walls 
which  surround  our  college  buildings.  This  hospital 
was  opened  about  a  year  ago  bv  Miss  Taylor,  an  English 
lady,  but  on  account  of  her  illness  was  closed  after  six 
months.  It  was  put  in  full  operation  again  about  the 
first  of  November  upon  our  arrival.  The  building  was 
originally  a  native  house,  which  has  been  somewhat 
remodeled,  and  is  at  present  large  enough  to  accommo¬ 
date  fifteen  patients  and  the  necessary  attendants. 


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For  a  dispensary  the  station  has  set  aside  a  small 
building  of  six  rooms,  situated  at  the  city  entrance  to 
the  compound  within.  These  include  doctor’s  consulting 
room,  dark  room  for  examining  eyes,  drug  and  waiting 
rooms. 

Four  mornings  a  week  have  been  given  up  to  out¬ 
patient  work ;  Mondays  and  Fridays  to  the  city  and 
surrounding  country  patients  ;  Tuesdays  and  Saturdays 
to  the  students  of  Anatolia  College,  the  Girls’  Boarding 
School,  orphanages,  and  servants  within  the  compound. 

During  the  past  three  months  there  have  been  exam¬ 
ined  at  these  clinics  five  hundred  and  fifty-five  individual 
patients.  Of  this  number  three  hundred  and  twenty- 
seven  were  medical  cases,  and  ninety-seven  were  minor 
surgical,  the  operations  being  performed  in  the  dispen¬ 
sary  building,  chloroform  being  administered  in  about  a 
third  of  the  cases.  One  hundred  and  fifteen  were  dis- 

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eases  of  the  eye,  and  the  great  majority  of  this  number 
have  averaged  ten  treatments  each,  making  a  total  of 
eleven  hundred  and  fifty  applications  to  the  eyes.  Six¬ 
teen  cases  were  major  surgical  operations,  and  were  per¬ 
formed  in  the  operating  room  of  the  hospital. 

Thomas  Spees  Carrington,  M.D. 


February  16,  1898. 


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KEY  TO  PLOT. 


A.  Anatolia  College  Buildings. 

B.  Girls’  Boarding  School  Build¬ 
ing. 

.  Open  Court  within,  30  x  40  ft. 

.  Director’s  House. 

.  Home  for  Younger  Prepara¬ 
tories. 

I.  Dwelling  of  Mr.  Riggs. 
r.  Dwelling  of  Mr.  White. 

.  Orphanage  for  Girls. 

L.  Rented  Garden  and  Boys’ 
Orphanage. 

S.  Shops  of  the  Self-Help  Depart¬ 
ment. 

P.  Projected  New  College  Build¬ 
ings  around  quadrangle. 


O.  Site  of  projected  Observatory 
in  field,  highest  part  of 
grounds. 

Z.  Small  house  lately  bought,  con¬ 
taining  fountain  of  pure 
drinking  water. 

E.  Exit  to  public  road  outside  of 
city. 

N.  Gate  opening  into  street  leading 
to  the  market.  Two  other 
street  gates  at  Z  and  R  I. 

- •  Boundaries  of  ground 

possessed. 

Outlying  lots  not  owned 
by  the  institutions. 

- Roads. 


